A national civil rights group based in Washington, D.C., has filed a class-action lawsuit against the state of Montana for suspending the licenses of people who have safe driving records but are otherwise too poor to pay their traffic tickets or court costs. (more…) Continue Reading →
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Updating sexual assault laws a rare bipartisan issue
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Though the 2017 Montana Legislative session has seen more than its share of partisan disputes, one issue has united lawmakers—reforming state law on rape and sexual assault.
The Montana Senate advanced a package of bills last week that deal with everything from the parental rights of children conceived by rape to the very definition of “consent.” (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Montana, News, Diane Sands, Margie MacDonald, Montana Legislature, Nels Swandal, sexual assault, Tim Fox
GOP’s statewide candidates unfazed by Trump’s missteps
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The candidates running at the top of the Montana Republican Party’s statewide ticket gathered Friday evening in Missoula to rally their base heading into November’s election, each promising to bring change to Helena if elected to office. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Montana, News, Corey Stapleton, Donald Trump, Elsie Arntzen, Greg Gianforte, Matt Rosendale, Tim Fox
Prairie Lights: So many apologies, so little time
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David Carpenter’s phone call to Montana Attorney General Tim Fox, to apologize for coldcocking Fox at the Radisson Hotel last week, was quite moving. Carpenter had too much to drink and did something really stupid, but then he manned up and did the right thing. There’s a lesson here, friends, and not just for Donald Trump. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Prairie Lights, David Carpenter, Donald Trump, Marc Racicot, Mike Cooney, Tim Fox
Opinion: ‘War on coal’? How about ‘Give peace a chance’
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U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., came to Baker, where I live, to talk about, as he put it, a “war on coal.” His visit was part of an energy tour leading up to an Energy Expo in Billings, which he organized on behalf of the fossil fuel industries. As the days have passed, and I have thought about what was implicit in what he said, I find myself increasingly disturbed by how he and other politicians, like Ryan Zinke, Tim Fox, Greg Gianforte and Donald Trump are framing environmentalists. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, 'war on coal', Donald Trump, Energy Expo, Greg Gianforte, Ryan Zinke, Steve Daines, Tim Fox
Montana Viewpoint: No national ID, thanks
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Recently the Department of Homeland Security granted Montana an extension of time to conform to the “REAL ID” law passed by Congress in 2005. In a nutshell, the REAL ID law demanded that state driver license and identification cards conform to federal requirements concerning information and data-sharing as laid out by DHS, and that these identification documents have the approval of DHS. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Montana, 1972 Constitutional Convention, Montana Constitution, REAL ID, Steve Bullock, Tim Fox, Wade Dahood
Billings family says justice denied in toddler’s death
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Four months after 21-month-old Zachary Wyles was run over and killed in a parking lot in Billings, his family thinks justice is a long way from being served. The toddler’s parents, Zachary Sr. and Aleada Wyles, recently filed a civil lawsuit against Jamie Van Atta, the woman who was driving the truck that ran over the boy, and the owners and managers of the Rose Park Plaza Apartments on the 2300 block of Avenue C, where the incident occurred. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Billings, News, Aleada Wyles, Brooke Murphy, Jamie Van Atta, Pamela John, R.D. Harper, Rich St. John
VanDyke takes yet another political job
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The Nevada Appeal is reporting that Lawrence VanDyke, who lost a very expensive campaign to unseat Montana Supreme Court Justice Mike Wheat last month, has a new job. He has been named solicitor general for Nevada by that state’s newly elected attorney general, Adam Laxalt. VanDyke held the same position in Texas before Montana Attorney General Tim Fox hired him as his solicitor general. VanDyke worked there for only a year and a half before quitting, and with that very slender experience as a Montana lawyer decided to challenge Wheat. VanDyke attracted a lot of outside money—and it is true that Wheat did as well, in response to what seemed like a blatant attempt by non-Montanans to buy a seat on our highest court—and still got clobbered in the election, which reflects well on the ability of Montana voters to pay attention. Everything VanDyke has done suggests he is exactly the opposite of how he billed himself in his campaign slogan, “Law, Not Politics.” Continue Reading →
